Dating partnership
More than friends with benefits but still keeping it casual without putting a serious label to it yet (like marriage / commitment).
Group of friends: Hey dude, so you have been seeing that girl for a while now, are you guys committed?
Puli (the playboy of the gang): Hey no man, its just a dating partnership right now.
Puli (the playboy of the gang): Hey no man, its just a dating partnership right now.
Dating partnership
More than friends with benefits where you are also emotionally vested but at a lower level of spectrum than a much serious relationship such as commitment or marriage.
Gang of friends: Hey man, so you have been seeing that girl for a while now, you guys committed?
Puli (the playboy of the gang): Not at all! What we have is a "dating partnership".
Puli (the playboy of the gang): Not at all! What we have is a "dating partnership".